Spurs were two goals down after just nine minutes in Turin but responded through Harry Kane, and then Christian Eriksen levelled the scores with a cunning free-kick that deceived Gianluigi Buffon.

However, Eriksen’s decision to hit the free-kick at Buffon’s side was heavily influenced by a save Cech pulled off in the north London derby, with the Dane opting not to shoot at the far, top corner this time around.

In the north London derby, Eriksen aimed his free-kick in the top left corner, the opposite side to Cech’s starting position… (Picture: YouTube / Spurs TV)

… but against Juventus, Eriksen ignored the empty net and drove his free-kick low and hard at the side Buffon was already standing (Picture: BT Sport)

Eriksen explained his thinking to Spurs’ official website afterwards, saying: ‘I had one at the weekend against Cech where I should have gone the keeper’s side and he read it. Luckily today he went opposite.

‘But I had a feeling, and I saw the wall move, and I think I saw him take a step as well Buffon, and luckily I changed my mind and went for the other corner and it went in.’

Tottenham goalkeeper and skipper Hugo Lloris also noticed that Eriksen changed the side he aimed at as a result of Cech’s superb stop at Wembley just a few days earlier.

He told reporters: ‘He almost scored against Arsenal but Petr Cech made a fantastic save. But maybe thanks to this free-kick he changed the side and he kicked in the goalkeeper’s side and it worked well today!

Eriksen was swarmed by his teammates after rifling in the equaliser in Turin (Picture: Getty)

‘Thanks to him, because the team made a lot of effort to be back in the game and we need out individual players to make the difference at some key moments and it was the case today.’

Striker Kane also weighed in on the free-kick, adding: ‘Massive moment. He had a good one against Arsenal, where Cech made the save, and obviously he went the keeper’s side this time and managed to score.’